Graduate Student

E-mail: reedd@fiu.edu

David L. Reed

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Education:

Gettysburg College                                                                                                              Gettysburg, PA

Bachelor of Arts, Department of Environmental Studies.                                                       May 1997

Concentration in Coastal Ecology

 

Florida International University                                                                                                  Miami, FL

Master of Science, Department of Environmental Studies.                                                 August 2007

Wetland Ecology

Professional Experience:

Contractor: USGS-Biological Resources Division East                                                                 Miami, FL

Biologist III                                                                                                                 April 2004 - Present

·Project leader of south Florida estuaries Marine Assessment Project

·Project supervisor of Biscayne Bay Coastal and Nearshore Community Study

·Independently and collaboratively prepared reports and analyzed and interpreted data in the

  south Florida estuaries within Biscayne Bay National Park.

·Planned and implemented data acquisition, including field collection logistics and supervised

  the laboratory and field techniques of six employees.

·Prepared and presented project findings at conferences and meetings.

 

Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC), FIU                                                 Miami, FL

Biological Technician                                                                                            July 1998 - April 2004

·Freshwater Rediversion and Aboveground Biomass and Production

  Following Hurricane Andrew in a Biscayne Bay Mangrove Community.

·Assesment of Marsh Vegetation Responses to Hydrological Restoration

  in Shark Slough Everglades National Park.

·Everglades National Park Tree Islands: Interactions of Vegetation, Hydrology and Soils.

 

The Nature Conservancy and SERC, FIU                                                                           Big Pine Key, FL

Research Intern                                                                                                      July 1997 - June 1998

 

Publications:

 

*Reed D., Lewin, M., Ross, M., and P. Ruiz. Association of Hydroperiod with Community Type. 1999 Report.

 

  Ross, M., Lewin, M., Ruiz, P., and *D. Reed. Assessment of Marsh Vegetation Responses to Hydrological

  Restoration in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park. 1999 Report.

 

  Ross, M., Ruiz, P., *Reed D., Jayachandran, K., Coultas, C.L., Sah, J.P., and M. Lewin. Assessment of Marsh

  Vegetation Responses to Hydrological Restoration in Shark Slough,Everglades National Park. 200l Report.

  

  Ross, M.S., *Reed, D.L.,  Sah, J.P, Ruiz, P.L, & M. T. Lewin. 2003. -Vegetation:environment relationships and

   water management in Shark Slough, Everglades National Park. Wetlands Ecology and Management 11:291-303.

 

Presented numerous poster and oral presentations: the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration, National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration, and others.